April 2026 Asteroid

April 2026 Asteroid – When asteroid 99942 apophis flies closely past earth in 2029, the gravitational interaction between the two bodies is likely to dramatically alter the asteroid's surface. This animation depicts the orbital trajectory of asteroid 99942 apophis as it zooms safely past earth on april 13, 2029. An asteroid named for the ancient egyptian god of darkness and disorder may not pose a hazard to earth, but that does not mean earth is not a hazard to it. The dashboard displays the date of closest approach, approximate object diameter, relative size and distance from earth for each encounter.

Orbit of asteroid apophis (pink) in contrast to the orbit of earth (blue), from the years 2028 to 2030. An asteroid the size of the empire state building, named apophis, could potentially hit earth in 2029, but scientists consider the chance extremely small. The object's name is displayed by hovering over its encounter date. The spacecraft was sent to study apophis during the asteroid's 2029 earth flyby.

The motion has been speeded up 2,000 times. On april 13, 2029, they now predicted. They won't hit, but it is possible that any unseen debris tagging along with xanthus, if it exists, could hit apophis.

Although apophis will not hit earth anytime soon, the asteroid will make a close encounter with our planet on april 13, 2029, when it will pass within just 19,000 miles (31,000 kilometers). Apophis may pass another asteroid called xanthus in december of 2026 within 10,000 kilometers (6,200 miles); Based on the current data, there’s no risk of collision.

Additional observations provided improved predictions that. The asteroid watch dashboard tracks asteroids and comets that will make relatively close approaches to earth.

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